Autographic register



Feb. 18, 1936. 1 JENSEN AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER original Filed Feb. 2, 19345 Sheets-Sheet l v -111.)N DuZmQuM ONE .QZ

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Feb. 18, y1936. 1 JENSEN AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 OriginalFiled Feb. 2, 1934 Patented Feb. 18, 1936 AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER LouisJensen, Chicago, Ill., assignor to United Autographic Register Co.,Chicago, Ill., a corporation of Illinois Continuation of applicationSerial No. 709,505, filed February 2, 1934. This application filedNovember 17, 1934, Serial No. 753,551

11 Claims.

A 'Ihis invention relates particularly to duplicating machines and to animproved register casing andmeans for initially advancing stationeryfrom under atear-oif bar aftera tearing operation. Preferably, thestationery is provided with regisyter perforations and the register hasyieldingly urged register pins to arrest the advance of the stationerywhen withdrawn manually a form length.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a simple initial feeddevice for a hand pullout machine of improved construction, wherein thestationery will be automatically released and advanced by rotation ofthe feed roll shaft.

The presentV application is a continuation of my application Ser. No. '709,505, led February 2, 1934.

The invention is illustrated in a preferred embodiment in the'accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is a broken plan View of anautographic register embodying the invention; Fig. 2, an end elevationalView of thesame; Fig'. 3, a broken longitudinal sectional'view, taken asindicated at line 3 of Fig. l; Fig. 4, a broken sectional View, taken asindicated at line I of Fig. 1; Fig. 5, a broken longitudinal sectionalView, taken as indicated at line 5 of Fig. l; Fig. 6, a broken plan Viewof the cam springs and supporting bar ;Y Fig. 7, a longitudinalsectional view taken as indicated at line I in Figs.' 8 and I9 showing amodified register lembodying the invention; Fig. 8, a transversesectional view taken as N indicated at line 8 of Fig. '7; Fig." 9',`abroken Iplan View from below showing the initialfeed mechanism; Fig.r10,a broken front elevational view of the registerffram with the casingremoved; Figi 11, abroken sectional Yview'taken as indicated at line IIof Fig. 9; and Fig. 172, a broken sectional view taken as indicated'atthe line'l2 of Fig. 9.

The invention is particularly adapted to'small portable registerswhich'may be Ymade of sheet-- aluminum. It will beunderstood that the sta#`tione'ry and metal are' not drawn to scale in the accompanyingdrawings, which results in some distortion'of the views.

In the construction illustrated in Figs. 1 to 6, A designates acasingprovided with a bottomwall A', a top wall A2 serving as. a platen, afront end wall A3, and aca'rbon-roll holder A4 B, a skeleton coverforminga partial closure for the platen A2 and'provided at its front endportion with a tearo bar Bf; and C, an initial feed device.V

"The casingA is constructed substantially the same as the one describedin my Patent Number 1,902,284 issued March 21,l 1933. It serves as ahousing for a zig-zag folded packet of continuousform stationery I0which is led over the back of the platen A2 and has its registerperforations I I engaged by register pins -I2 beneath the tear-olf barB'. Thel register pins are shown mounted on forwardly extending leafsprings I3 whichgare, rigidly connected to a cross-member I4 mounted onthe underside of the platen A2. To the c1'oss bar I4 is rigidlyconnected a forwardly extending leaf spring I5, the purposeof which willbe described below.

The skeleton cover B is arranged to snap over the 'casing A and' may beconveniently removed to permit the stationery I0 to beled over theplaten to the register pins in interleaved relation with carbon strips(not shownlfrom the container A4. The tear-off bar B may be rigidlyconnected to the cover-"B by means of rivets I6. Near the centralportion of the tear-off bar, portions II of the bar are stuck upwardlyto `form journals for a'shaft I8 on which is rotatably mounted a knurledpresser roll I9.V

The initial feed device C is shown provided with a transverse shaft 20which is journaled in the side walls of the register beneath thetear-off bar. The shaft is providedwith a mutilated feed roll 2l havinga flat portion 22 presented to the roll I9 when the register pins I2 areengaging the perforations in the stationery. The shaft is furtherprovided witha pair vof cams 23 which are provided With fiat faces 24which engage depending arms 25 connected to the leaf springs I3 by meansof rivets 26. The cams 23 and feed wheel 2| are so arranged that duringrotation of the shaft 20, the cams retract the pins I2 through themedium of arms 25 just prior to the feed Wheel 2| coming into engagementwith the stationery and pressing it against the presser roll I9 tocommence a feeding operation. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the shaft 20may be provided with a knob 21 for manual rotation of the shaft. Asindicated in Figs. 2 and 5, the front wall A3 of the register hascut-away portions 28 to permit downward movement of the arms 25.

The shaft 20 is further provided with a cam 30 having a flattened face3| which is acted upon by the forwardly extending leaf spring I5. Thecam 30 is positioned so that the attened portion of the feed wheelZI ispresented to the presser roll I9 when the register pins- I2 arepermitted to spring upwardly by the cams 23.

In operation, it will be understood that the forms may be fed out'as faras desired by merely rotating the knob 2'I. However, in the preferredoperation, theknob 21 is rotated sufiiciently to retract the pins I2 andfeed the stationery far enough to permit it to be grasped and manuallywithdrawn. In manually withdrawing the paper, the feed wheel 2| willrotate until its flattened surface is presented upwardly and it willthen be yieldingly held in that position through the action offspring'I5.on-cam 30."-WhleAin-'tliis'position, the pins I2-'will bepermittedbyAthe cam 23 to be yieldingly urged against the lower face of thestationery I0 and upon engagement with re'g-v ister perforations I I,the advance ofv-thestationery will be arrested and the completed' formmay be separated on the bar B.

In the modification illustrated iniFigsZ-LlZ-fthe register mechanism issimilar to that described above except that animprovedfregister;casingis provided for the platen frame,thei-feedvwheelfhas two mutilated sections and is ope'mtediby-icentrallydisposed ratchet mechanism.

The register casing comprises a lower portion 3.5'and lan uupperfportion,36 ,which .is hinged cto the lower portion at 3,1 andoverlaps :theopposite side gwall 38. :of fthe flower portionY withfa zflange 39which. serves Yto hold a l.ear-bon:strip, :orf-strips, 40 in interleavedrelation :with :stationery strips 4 I Y'Ilhe :upper ,portion of theeasingga ,aordssa skeletonA coverl 4 2 gto provide accessfto the writingplaten. ,'I'he;cov,e.r vis:shownprm'ided at its front end with 1a'transverse tear-off blade-43 equipped witlra housing-.44 in whichrismounted Va presser roll 45. The register frame comprises-fagplaten 46 ,lequipped with integrally fomnedvside `walls` 41which,.aredirmlyaconnected vto ,the `bottomwall of ithe slower,portionof thezcasing atf, ,'Asxwlll be seen from-.Figl :8, the :outericasing; isfrounded so thatfa compartment 49fis proyided'fora carbonrolli50 from whichthestrips 40;may be drawn over theiplaten. Theframesis :furtherwprovided with .a :bottomzmalllil 1 whichzprofvides a:supply compartmentrz f fornaezigzzag folded ipaclxetv nof stationeryiilfThe bottom wallaisicurvedidownwardly and joined tto thea-bottom'wall of fthe casing .at .its rear :portion as' indicatedA at54 and 'its front:end is curved :upwardly as Jmdicatedat 55 and terminates at the.fronteendzofzthe platen 46. Thisconstructionzprovides amadditionalcompartment 56 which may' be used-to store completed copies as shown fin`myabovet patent. The-pair of abutments151 and.58-arestruckfrom.the-,bot tom iwallv 5 I topermit operationiof `the initialfeed mechanism and prevent 'thezpack-Si `froxnzcjomrig in contacttherewith. Y

As shown in Eig.-'1;a.n;extension 59 is hingedly connectedat-i :toltherear. of .fthe-platen 4Bzand Vprovides journal membersnSIg-for thergudero'll Y62. Anarrow tray-'like guideimemberfais placed in thecompartment-5.2 to facihtate 4insertion and removal `of .a packet-of:stationeryfthrough ithe rearend of ;.the machine after ptheicover1has/been swung .upwardly and the-.guide-roll 6 2- --swung rup out ofthe way .about thepivot 6I). L'Ifhisimember hasta guidepontion V64atiitsrrearend lwhchrisrad'- .jacent to the fgudefroll V52 :andprev-,ents nmore than a singlefsetiof strips fromgbeinggdrawn from.theacompartmentatbnertime. v"I'he frame is fur- ,ther provided -withthe vusual supporting :bars 6 5 for the forwardly extendingcarbon-protecting aprons 66 `asfis well 'understood-in the art.

The initial feed-device =is similarn to thatdescribedtabove. and hasatransverse shaftrGT .fjournalled in thesiderfwalls 41:-of .the framebeneath the tear-off. `bar,43 The shaft isprovided with arigidlyvconnected lfeed wheel? 68 :having two -mutilated :portions6,9,eeither of .which isf-presented `towards the-roll :4 5 :whenregistenpins 10 :are free to bear against the strips 4I. 'I'he shaft isfurther provided with a pair of cams 1I having two flat faces whichengage depending arms 12 which are riveted to the leaf springs 13. Thecams 1I and feed wheel 68 are so arranged that when the shaft is rotatedthe cams will retract the pins 10 prior to :the unmutilated-portionofthefeedwheel comingzinto engagement with the stationery fto begin afeeding operation.

A'I'he shaft 61 is further provided with a cam 14 `having twoflattenedfaces which are acted on by aforwardly extending leaf spring 15. Thelatter cam is positionedtsoxt'hat one of the mutilated 4lportionsof'thefeedzwheels is urged to a position adjacent to the'presser roll 45 whenthe register pins `are permitted to spring upwardly by the In iorder -tofacilitate operation of the feed shaft a U-shaped member 16 having acentrally disposed finger piece 11 is journalled on the shaft 61 .and isequipped-with apawl lawhich isrheld in=engagement-with a ratchet-wheelyilxedly mountedon the shaft 61. y'.'Eherpawl-isacted:upon bya springrlland an-additionalspringzl isqprovided to urge the ratchet :member,upwardly finto the position shown in Fig.y 7 Y 4The operation of themechanism-issimilar Yto that described .-above except that -it -is.merely necessary for the operator to momentarily :depressthe nger piece11 V toffeedzout a 'formsui- .ciently to-perrnit it yto be-grasped-by-:hand and withdrawn vuntil Athe -nextsetgof perforations are engagedby the register pins.

The foregoing Vdetailed description has Vbeen given for clearness ofyunderstanding only, `and no gunneeessary limitations` should :beunderstood therefrom, .but the appended claims should-be construed `asbroadly aspermissibla in vview-fof the prior art.

What ,-I `regardas new, and Tdesire tosecnre-by Letters Patent, is:

1. An -autographic registerzcomprisingr 1a reas- Iing ,having a platenrover whiclhzaapluralityfof Stationery strips provided .with-registermerforations may be-led; aitear-off ibarnear the -f'rontfofaid.platen whereon the Ystrips may-bezsevered'azro- :tatable-presser-roll-mounted on said tear-off vbar *and adapted to `engage theYVstrips;.regist,er zpins yieldingly urged rinto-engagement l:withv theregis- .tergperforations in strips `advanced overthe platen; and aninitial eedSdeVce'Orrsaidstrlps comprising Y a` transverse rotatableshaft `.provided -with-a;mutilated feed wheel .adapted Aupon-rota- Ationto press the strips against the-'pl'.eSSer-roll, cam-,means for holdingthe-registerfpins 'depressed while thestripsgare engagedfbyfsaid feedWheel, and yielding means for-holding themutilated rportion of the feedwheel-'adjacent to the strips when the register ,pinsarereleased .bySaid cam-means.

2. A v,duplicating machinecompriSing.: la frame having a. platenoverwhichstationery stripslxaving register perforations'may be led; ,aAyieldingly furged pin adapted to engageperforationsin said strips toarrest the advance thereof; ,fa-rotatable feed-wheel having a-portion ofvits .circumierence cutaway for initiallyadvancing the strips; 'yield-`ing means for `positioning the cut-away 'portion qtowards ,the stripswhen the'fpinis projected through a perforation in VA.the stationery;,and means for vautomatically retraating thezpin from engagement withthe stripsuponrotation of the feed-wheel and prior to ,the .advancingofvsaid strips.

. r3. In a .,handpull-out autozraphic registerza strips provided withregister-perforations may be led; register-pins movably mounted on 'saidframe and adapted to engage perforations in said strips; feed-meanscomprising a mutilated feedwheel journaled in said frame and adaptedupon rotation toretract said pins and to engage and advance said strips;and spring-means adapted. to urge said register-pins into engagementwith the strips and to urge the mutilated portion of the feed-Wheel-to aposition adjacent to the strips to facilitate hand-Withdrawal of thestrips.

4. A mechanism as specified in claim 3, in which the feed-wheel has ashaft provided with cams, one of said cams having a flat-facediametrically opposed to the mutilated portion of the feed-Wheel andacted upon by a finger of the spring-means, and the other cams beingengaged by arms connected to the register-pins.

5. In a hand pull-out autographic register: a frame having a platen overwhich stationery strips provided with register-perforations may be led;a register pin movably mounted on said frame and adapted to engageperforations in said strips; feed-means comprising a feed-Wheeljournaled in said frame and adapted upon rotation to advance saidstrips; and a finger-operable ratchet-means centrally disposedrnear thefront of said platen and adapted to rotate said feedmeans.

6. Mechanism as specified in claim 5, in which the feed Wheel is mountedon a shaft in the front of the frame and the ratchet means comprises aU-shaped member journaled on said shaft and is provided Withspring-means for urging the linger member to its uppermost position.

7. Mechanism as specified in claim 5, in which the feed-Wheel has twolmutilated portions and spring-means for urging either of the mutilatedportions of the feed-Wheel to a position to facilitate hand-withdrawalof the stationery strips.

8. A hand pull-out autographic register comprising a casing having askeleton cover hinged near the center of one side of said casing; aframe having a platen mounted in the casing so as to provide acarbon-roll compartment near one edge of said casing from which carbonstrips may be l'ed over the platen; register pins movably mounted onsaid frame and adapted to engage perforations in stationery strips ledover said platen in interleaved relation with said carbon strips; feedmeans comprising a mutilated feed-Wheel journaled in said frame andadapted upon rotation to retract said pins and advance the stationerystrips; and spring-means adapted to urge the mutilated portion of thefeed wheel to a position to facilitate hand-withdrawal of saidstationery strips.

9. Mechanism as specified in claim 8, in which the skeleton cover isprovided with presser roll adapted to cooperate with mutilated feed-rollin initially advancing the strips.

10. Mechanism as specified in claim 8, in which the frame is providedwith a supply compartment from which stationery strips may be drawn overthe platen, a guide-roll is journalled in a bracket pivotally mounted onthe rear of said platen, and a guide-tray is Withdrawably positioned insaid supply compartment to facilitate Withdrawal of a supply ofstationery and is equipped near its rear end with an upwardly eX-tending bracket adapted to cooperate with said guide-roll infacilitating Withdrawal of sets of strips from said compartment over theplaten.

11. A duplicating machine comprising: a frame having a platen over whicha plurality of continuous-form stationery strips provided with registerperforations may be led; a yieldingly urged pin adapted to engageperforations in said strips and arrest the advance thereof; a tear-01Tblade v near the front of said platen whereon the strips maybe severed;and a feed device for initially advancing the stationery comprising arotatable feed Wheel having a. portion o f its circumference cut away,said feed Wheel being mounted to engage frictionally and advance thestrips less than a form length during one revolution, means for urgingthe cut away portion of the Wheel towards theV strips when the Vpin isprojected through a perforation in the stationery, and means forautomatically retracting the pin from engagement with the strips uponrotation of the feed wheel and prior to the advancing of said strips.

LOUIS JENSEN.

